Political science instructors may take some joy in the uptick of student interest in politics, although we cannot be sure how deep and durable this interest may be. Budgetary cliffhangers, spending cuts, and tax increases can provoke discussion. For some years, students have been rather apolitical, a trend this book has always tried to fight. Now we can ask them, “Well, what kind of a country do you want? You’d better start developing your own rational perspectives now because soon you will have to make political.”